Gerald D'Cunha

  “I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.” Sylvester Stallone   S teve Jobs, in his inspiring speech at the Stanford University’s graduation ceremony said, “You cannot connect the dots looking forward; we can only connect them looking backward.” He was talking about some of the lowest moments in his life – the times, when he felt rejected, defeated, betrayed and lost. He was encouraging the young graduates not to look for instant success in life… to believe in their dreams, pursue them and learn from all the painful moments – and, yes, look back at those ‘dots’ and connect them in order to move forward in life. That advise makes lots of sense to every aspiring soul on this planet. It’s priceless! Success seldom comes – and should not come - to any of us on a ready platter. Getting rejected ought to be a prerequisite for success. Rejection from others is the true test of our claim to success:   Ar...

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”   -- Winston Churchill I have never used any of the products of Apple Inc My young son has... He still does. But, one thing we both have done – and still do is: we both immensely admire late Steve Jobs, the brilliant man behind the coveted Apple Inc. and its equally-coveted products – iPhones, iPads, iPods iMacs, iBooks and everything Steve Jobs has left behind… One of the priceless things Steve Jobs has left behind – and, to me, it’s far, far more valuable than his technological creations – is his speech at the Stanford Universality’s graduation-day ceremony (on June 12, 2005). It’s stayed there, as his priceless legacy, by that clarion call – ‘Stay Hungry Stay Foolish’… Steve Jobs ends his speech with this phrase and tells the young graduates as to where and how he found it… Please listen to his full speech… Some years later, our own Rashmi Bansal made this phrase ev...

Pic.: Chandrashekhar Varier O ur heads don’t dream; our hearts do. There is so much noise inside our heads, that, if we let our hearts listen to this noise, our dreams are sure to die of suffocation! Our intuitions – the hunches – come from a quiet zone within us - the creative Right Brain. It is guided by our hearts… The best of our creative works and ideas, our most brilliant plans and most passionate words, our inspiring relationships and greatest dreams… yes, all of them are born in this cradle, this womb… The other side, the Left Brain, is full of logic… It is busy analyzing, judging and criticizing, giving us reasons why it is not so easy for us to realize our dreams… showing us examples, facts and figures… and, all the time playing a devil’s advocate. And, so, if we listen more to our logical side of our brain – I call it our head – it can hardly take us to any distance… It  doesn't  inspire others,  doesn't  help us win others’...